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Book SynopsisThe often-violent realities of international relations in the post–World War II era have challenged Winston Churchill’s characterization of the United Nations as a “temple of peace.” In this volume, nine experts examine the modern history of international relations in order to shed light on their prospective futures.
Trade Review“As the consensus around global institutions and alliances shatters around us, this marvelous volume is a timely intervention. Trauschweizer gathers a stellar team of historians to recover the forces that produced the postwar liberal international order and to help us understand the structural and ideational challenges it faces today.” -- Mark Philip Bradley, Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor of International History, University of Chicago
“An optimistic volume that concludes it is quite premature to talk about the imminent demise of the liberal postwar order. Anyone with a serious interest in global affairs will benefit from reading these inspiring contributions.” -- Klaus Larres, coeditor of Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs
“At a time when the value of international organizations, including the United Nations and NATO, is increasingly questioned, the contributors present stimulating, balanced and insightful accounts of the limits and possibilities of international cooperation. A must-read for everyone who is curious about the past, present, and future of the liberal international order.” -- Nukhet A. Sandal, author of Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation: Northern Ireland and Beyond
Table of ContentsIntroduction (INGO TRAUSCHWEIZER)
1. The New Deal as Grand Strategy: Constructing the Postwar Institutional Order (ELIZABETH BORGWARDT)
2. SACEUR as Statesman: Politico-Military Leadership in NATO, 1951–67 (SETH GIVENS)
3 Forgotten Institution: The Role of the OEEC in European Post–World War II Reconstruction and Integration (ARMIN GRÜNBACHER)
4. Shaping Australia into a Neighborhood Power: Decolonization, Vulnerability, and the Cold War (LAURA M. SEDDELMEYER)
5. A “Controlled Revolution”: The UN during the Congo Crisis as Public Stage, Actor, and Incubator for Ideas (ALANNA O’MALLEY)
6. Insurgency’s Three Waves (STEVEN METZ)
7. The Ability to Adapt: NATO’s Statecraft and Europe’s Transformation, 1966–94 (STEPHAN KIENINGER)
8. Russia and the Erosion of the Liberal Order (JENNIFER BRUSH)
9. Erosion of the Liberal Order? (MARY NOLAN)
Postscript (INGO TRAUSCHWEIZER)
Index
